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Idealist to a fault. I'm a self-confessed teacher burnout in recovery. I still love Jesus. I still love my wife. And I still love my 4 kids. Also, there may or may not be posts about The Simpsons, music, Star Wars, and old video games. But probably will.

[stortz]

“I can't wait until tomorrow's staff meeting,” said no teacher ever.

(via @pernilleripp)

[wingwall-blog]

[stortz]

Hooray! No school tomorrow!

[cseresznyepite]

Uhh, Miss Hoover? I don’t think I can dissect an animal. I think it’s wrong. Okay Lisa, I respect your moral objection.

[willrichardson-blog]

Erin Osborne in Salon:

Until the creation of Common Core, businesses have found breaking into the K-12 market very difficult. States have historically written their own curriculums and standards, buying suitable materials and textbooks as they saw fit. Creating content that was accessible to...

[lifehackable]

rainycafe.com

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Wolverine or 2 Bat Men?

[kookookora]

[stortz]

You need to change your shirt.

[classroomcollective-deactivated]

GROUPS Acronym

[chrisbowler]

A major factor that drew me to the Apple and OS X (pre-iOS) was the strong community of independent developers. The applications and utilities that were available because of these devs were so far from what I was used to in corporate IT and the Microsoft dominated, locked-in-licensing...

[stortz]

Education Leadership: Will Richardson at TEDxMelbourne

[englishteacheronline-blog]

Punctuation.

[stortz]

Punctuation plays the role of body language in writing.

[englishteacheronline-blog]

Question Matrix.

[englishteacheronline-blog]

Reduce Workload and Improve Impact: Student engagement with written feedback! 

Via twitter

[stortz]

“If they can do the worksheet, they don’t need it. If they cant, it won’t help them.” —Marilyn Adams

[stortz]

Student Workflow Diagram

[stortz]

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

[amprog]

The HUGE difference preschool can make.